diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d0ef97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+
+    Copyright (c) 2018 EditorConfig Java Domain
+    project contributors as indicated by the @author tags.
+
+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.ec4j.java-domain</groupId>
+    <artifactId>editorconfig-java-domain-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>editorconfig-java-domain-core</artifactId>
+
+  <name>EditorConfig Java Domain Core</name>
+  <description>EditorConfig Java Domain Core module</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.ec4j.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ec4j-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/java-defaults.editorconfig b/core/src/main/resources/java-defaults.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f974443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/java-defaults.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+root = true
+
+[*.java]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+
+# 2147483647 is java.lang.Integer.MAX_VALUE thus actually unlimited
+max_line_length = 2147483647
diff --git a/jdt/pom.xml b/jdt/pom.xml
index 6563d3e..fcd845d 100644
--- a/jdt/pom.xml
+++ b/jdt/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
       <artifactId>ec4j-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.ec4j.java-domain</groupId>
+      <artifactId>editorconfig-java-domain-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.ec4j.java-domain</groupId>
       <artifactId>editorconfig-java-domain-tck-spi</artifactId>
diff --git a/jdt/src/main/java/org/ec4j/java/domain/jdt/JdtFormatter.java b/jdt/src/main/java/org/ec4j/java/domain/jdt/JdtFormatter.java
index 974d9fe..3817104 100644
--- a/jdt/src/main/java/org/ec4j/java/domain/jdt/JdtFormatter.java
+++ b/jdt/src/main/java/org/ec4j/java/domain/jdt/JdtFormatter.java
@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@
 import org.ec4j.core.Cache;
 import org.ec4j.core.Cache.Caches;
 import org.ec4j.core.EditorConfigLoader;
+import org.ec4j.core.PropertyTypeRegistry;
 import org.ec4j.core.Resource.Resources;
 import org.ec4j.core.ResourceProperties;
 import org.ec4j.core.ResourcePropertiesService;
+import org.ec4j.core.model.EditorConfig;
 import org.ec4j.core.model.PropertyType;
 import org.ec4j.core.model.PropertyType.IndentStyleValue;
+import org.ec4j.core.model.Version;
 import org.ec4j.java.domain.tck.spi.Formatter;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.CodeFormatter;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.DefaultCodeFormatterConstants;
@@ -49,7 +52,27 @@
  * @author <a href="https://github.com/ppalaga">Peter Palaga</a>
  */
 public class JdtFormatter implements Formatter {
-    private static final Integer DEFAULT_JAVA_INDENT_SIZE = Integer.valueOf(4);
+
+    static class WrappedResourceProperties {
+        private final ResourceProperties properties;
+
+        WrappedResourceProperties(ResourceProperties properties) {
+            super();
+            this.properties = properties;
+        }
+
+        public <T> T getValue(PropertyType<T> type) {
+            T result = properties.getValue(type, null, true);
+            assert result != null : "Value of "+ type.getName() + " property must not be null. Missing a default?";
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public <T> T getValue(String name) {
+            T result = properties.getValue(name, null, true);
+            assert result != null : "Value of "+ name + " property must not be null. Missing a default?";
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Translated the given EditorConfig {@link ResourceProperties} to a {@link Map} of JDT Formatter's properties.
@@ -58,9 +81,9 @@ public class JdtFormatter implements Formatter {
      * @return a new {@link Map}
      */
     private static Map<String, String> toJdtFormatterOptions(ResourceProperties properties) {
+        final WrappedResourceProperties wrappedProperties = new WrappedResourceProperties(properties);
         Map<String, String> result = new TreeMap<>();
-        final IndentStyleValue indentStyle = properties.getValue(PropertyType.indent_style, IndentStyleValue.space,
-                false);
+        final IndentStyleValue indentStyle = wrappedProperties.getValue(PropertyType.indent_style);
         switch (indentStyle) {
         case tab:
         case space:
@@ -71,10 +94,10 @@ private static Map<String, String> toJdtFormatterOptions(ResourceProperties prop
                     String.format("Unexpected %s: [%s]", IndentStyleValue.class.getName(), indentStyle));
         }
 
-        final Integer indentSize = properties.getValue(PropertyType.indent_size, DEFAULT_JAVA_INDENT_SIZE, false);
+        final Integer indentSize = wrappedProperties.getValue(PropertyType.indent_size);
         result.put(DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_TAB_SIZE, indentSize.toString());
 
-        final Integer maxLineLength = properties.getValue(PropertyType.max_line_length, Integer.MAX_VALUE, true);
+        final Integer maxLineLength = wrappedProperties.getValue(PropertyType.max_line_length);
         result.put(DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_LINE_SPLIT, maxLineLength.toString());
 
         return result;
@@ -84,18 +107,34 @@ private static Map<String, String> toJdtFormatterOptions(ResourceProperties prop
 
     public JdtFormatter() {
         final Cache myCache = Caches.permanent();
-        EditorConfigLoader myLoader = EditorConfigLoader.default_();
-        resourcePropertiesService = ResourcePropertiesService.builder()
-                .cache(myCache)
-                .loader(myLoader)
+
+        final PropertyTypeRegistry registry = PropertyTypeRegistry.builder() //
+                .defaults() //
+                .type(PropertyType.max_line_length) //
                 .build();
+        final EditorConfigLoader myLoader = EditorConfigLoader.of(Version.CURRENT, registry);
+        try {
+            final EditorConfig javaDefaults = myLoader.load(Resources.ofClassPath( //
+                    this.getClass().getClassLoader(), //
+                    "/java-defaults.editorconfig", //
+                    StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+
+            resourcePropertiesService = ResourcePropertiesService.builder() //
+                    .defaultEditorConfig(javaDefaults) //
+                    .cache(myCache) //
+                    .loader(myLoader) //
+                    .build();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
     public String format(Path sourcePath) {
         try {
-            final ResourceProperties properties = resourcePropertiesService.queryProperties(Resources.ofPath(sourcePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            final ResourceProperties properties = resourcePropertiesService
+                    .queryProperties(Resources.ofPath(sourcePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
             final Charset charset = Charset.forName(properties.getValue(PropertyType.charset, "utf-8", true));
             final String source = new String(Files.readAllBytes(sourcePath), charset);
 
@@ -104,7 +143,10 @@ public String format(Path sourcePath) {
             final int kind = (sourcePath.getFileName().toString().equals(IModule.MODULE_INFO_JAVA)
                     ? CodeFormatter.K_MODULE_INFO
                     : CodeFormatter.K_COMPILATION_UNIT) | CodeFormatter.F_INCLUDE_COMMENTS;
-            final PropertyType.EndOfLineValue eol = properties.getValue(PropertyType.end_of_line, null, true);
+            PropertyType.EndOfLineValue eol = properties.getValue(PropertyType.end_of_line, null, true);
+            if (eol == null) {
+                eol = PropertyType.EndOfLineValue.autodetect(source);
+            }
             final TextEdit edit = formatter.format(kind, source, 0, source.length(), 0, eol.getEndOfLineString());
 
             final IDocument doc = new Document(source);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f54201..b3531da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
       </snapshots>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
-  
 
   <modules>
+    <module>core</module>
     <module>tck-spi</module>
     <module>jdt</module>
     <module>ij</module>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
     <!-- Dependency versions in alphabectic order -->
     <version.junit>4.12</version.junit>
-    <version.org.ec4j.core>0.0.3</version.org.ec4j.core>
+    <version.org.ec4j.core>0.2.0</version.org.ec4j.core>
     <version.ij>182.5107.16</version.ij>
 
     <!-- Plugins and their dependencies -->
@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@
         <version>${version.org.ec4j.core}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.ec4j.java-domain</groupId>
+        <artifactId>editorconfig-java-domain-core</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.ec4j.java-domain</groupId>
         <artifactId>editorconfig-java-domain-tck-spi</artifactId>
diff --git a/tck/src/build/groovy/generate-test-classes.groovy b/tck/src/build/groovy/generate-test-classes.groovy
index 84a3874..1f70961 100644
--- a/tck/src/build/groovy/generate-test-classes.groovy
+++ b/tck/src/build/groovy/generate-test-classes.groovy
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Files.createDirectories(generatedClassesDir)
 
 /* A Map from class names to lists of expected Java files. One test method will be generated for each expected Java file. */
 final Map<String, List<Path>> testClasses = new TreeMap<>();
-int pathLength = 0;
 
 /* Populate testClasses */
 testResourcesDir.eachFileRecurse(groovy.io.FileType.FILES) { path ->
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ testResourcesDir.eachFileRecurse(groovy.io.FileType.FILES) { path ->
             testClasses.put(className, javaFiles = new ArrayList<Path>())
         }
         javaFiles.add(path);
-        pathLength = path.getNameCount()
     }
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ assert !testClasses.isEmpty()
 testClasses.each { className, javaFiles ->
     final StringBuilder testMethods = new StringBuilder()
     javaFiles.each { expectedJavaFile ->
-        assert expectedJavaFile.getNameCount() == pathLength
         final String fileName = expectedJavaFile.getFileName().toString();
         final Path javaFile = expectedJavaFile.getParent().resolve(fileName.replace(".expected", ""))
         final String testMethodName = fileName.replace(".expected.java", "").uncapitalize()
@@ -73,8 +70,13 @@ testClasses.each { className, javaFiles ->
 }
 
 String toTestClassName(Path expectedJavaPath) {
-    final Path valueDir = expectedJavaPath.getParent()
-    final Path propertyDir = valueDir.getParent()
-    final String snakeCased = propertyDir.getFileName().toString() + "_" + valueDir.getFileName().toString()
+    final List<String> segments = new ArrayList<>()
+    Path dir = expectedJavaPath.getParent()
+    /* Climb up the path up to the grouping directory, e.g. src/test/resources/basic */
+    while (dir.getNameCount() > 4) {
+        segments.add(dir.getFileName().toString())
+        dir = dir.getParent()
+    }
+    final String snakeCased = segments.reverse().join("_")
     return snakeCased.replaceAll(/_\w/){ it[1].toUpperCase() }.capitalize() + "Test"
 }
diff --git a/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/.editorconfig b/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f28239b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
diff --git a/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/Good.expected.java b/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/Good.expected.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83dd46d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/Good.expected.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.ec4j.java.domain.tck;
+
+public class Good {
+
+    private final int field;
+
+    public Good(int field) {
+        super();
+        this.field = field;
+    }
+
+    public int getField() {
+        return field;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/Good.java b/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/Good.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83dd46d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/Good.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.ec4j.java.domain.tck;
+
+public class Good {
+
+    private final int field;
+
+    public Good(int field) {
+        super();
+        this.field = field;
+    }
+
+    public int getField() {
+        return field;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/MixedIndent.expected.java b/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/MixedIndent.expected.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75d0e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/MixedIndent.expected.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.ec4j.java.domain.tck;
+
+public class MixedIndent {
+
+    private final int field;
+
+    public MixedIndent(int field) {
+        super();
+        this.field = field;
+    }
+
+    public int getField() {
+        return field;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/MixedIndent.java b/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/MixedIndent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8345873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tck/src/test/resources/basic/defaults/MixedIndent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.ec4j.java.domain.tck;
+
+public class MixedIndent {
+
+  private final int field;
+
+    public MixedIndent(int field) {
+          super();
+        this.field = field;
+    }
+
+    public int getField() {
+    	return field;
+    }
+
+}